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Meaning of head money | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Poll tax.
obsolete, uncountable
A reward paid per person captured at sea etc.
obsolete, uncountable
A reward for a proscribed outlaw's head.
obsolete, uncountable

Examples

“to be taxt by the poul, to be scons't our head money, our tuppences in their Chaunlerly Shop-book of Easter”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

head movement head note head of government head of hair head of household head of navigation